Culinary Arts competes in Chili Cook-off: A photo journal

Davina Rios, Staff Writer
February 24, 2017

The Culinary Arts class held their yearly Chili Cook-off Contest on Wednesday, Feb. 1. Ms. Klein said, “This is a whole year [long] class and we’re in our soup unit… I sent out emails asking for judge’s…” (Photo courtesy of Morgan Pukula)
The “No Persuasion, Just Eat Some Asian” all boys team sit tight as their chili is judged. Liam Athy said, “You know, just Asian theme, thought it would be cool to make into chili… Asian cuisine.” (Photo by Davina Rios)
The Snow White themed table accurately represented the movie that their chili idea was based upon. Devin Camp said, “[Their chili] stemmed off of an original recipe.” (Photo by Davina Rios)
The ‘Tropical Jungle’ Chili team went all out with their theme by wearing costumes representing a safari. Their presentation area portrays a scene of jungle fever. (Photo by Davina Rios)
Judges ‘salsa’ their way to the ‘Sweet Side of Mexico’ team where they had to come up with a modification to an existing recipe. (Photo by Davina Rios)
The ‘Tropical Jungle’ display has their table decorated to display the variety and diverseness of a jungle. (Photo by Davina Rios)
Mrs. Aleman sits on the side with all four samples of chili to properly judge them at once. Aleman said, “I’ve done judging before. I love to cook, so I’m a bit of a foody, a food geek.” (Photo by Davina Rios)
Student judges collaborate and score the different chilis based on taste and appearance. (Photo by Davina Rios)
The ‘Sweet Side of Mexico’ replicates a Mexican restaurant with their banners, sombreros, and fiesta-like presentation. (Photo by Davina Rios)
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